Ballet nonprofit · Washington, DC

Washington Ballet

Washington Ballet is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in Washington, District of Columbia, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1966. IRS activity category: Ballet (A630).

$15.3M
latest revenue
$12.2M
total assets
1966
exempt since
13
NEA dance grants
EIN
52-0846173
Location
Washington, DC 20016
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$16,156,427

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$11M
2017$10.4M
2018$12.4M
2019$13.2M
2020$13.3M
2021$9M
2022$18.4M
2023$14.2M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$14,203,579$15,948,434$4,830,836$10,504,198—
2022$18,394,920$13,819,836$11,267,402$10,311,338PDF
2021$8,999,163$8,508,178$6,788,084$7,153,807PDF
2020$13,347,355$12,502,475$5,625,327$6,504,363PDF
2019$13,243,060$13,341,948$4,185,205$6,992,977PDF
2018$12,358,090$12,846,113$3,768,677$7,170,943PDF
2017$10,426,971$13,405,688$2,942,518$7,185,985PDF
2016$11,011,456$12,392,379$2,807,367$9,094,273PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2016$20,000To support the creation and presentation of Director's Cut, a curated evening of dance experiences. The project will feature a staged production, dance film, and site-specific performances. Project activities may include
2015$20,000To support the presentation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a new ballet by Artistic Director Septime Webre. Based on Washington Irving's short story of the same name, the ballet will be the third installment in Webre'
2014$20,000To support the creation and presentation of new dances as part of the Jazz Blues Project. The program will feature a world premiere by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa set to the music of NEA Jazz Master Keith Jarrett
2013$20,000To support the Washington Ballet's Community Engagement Program. The company will offer low-cost dance training and free and subsided professional dance performances to Washington residents at the Town Hall Education, Ar
2012$20,000To support pre-production costs for the presentation of "Twyla Tharp: All American," an evening of work by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The featured ballets will be "Push Comes to Shove," "Nine Sinatra Songs," and "Surfer
2011$20,000To support the presentation of "Le Corsaire" choreographed by Konstantin Sergeyev and staged by Anna-Marie Holmes. The work will be performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
2010$20,000To support the creation and presentation of Brahms on Edge, a new work by guest choreographer Karole Armitage. The newly-commissioned work will incorporate singers from the Washington National Opera.
2010$45,000To support the restaging of Twyla Tharp's "Push Comes to Shove". The work will be presented at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, and be reprised at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater.
2009$20,000To support an increase in performances of The Nutcracker for public school children, and upgrading sets of The Nutcracker for the Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Anacostia. The Nutracker will als
2006$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a work by Artistic Director Septime Webre, as well as another ballet. The NOCHE LATINA will combine traditional Latino dance and classical ballet to celebrate Latino culture.
2003$20,000To support the commissioning and production of a new ballet by Trey McIntyre. The work will be set to a popular music group.
2001$10,000To support the production and presentation of a collaborative project. Choreographer Septime Webre will collaborate with musicians Sweet Honey in the Rock and visual artist Sam Gilliam to create a piece that will be pres
2000$10,000To support DanceDC, an introduction of ballet to District of Columbia public school elementary students. The students will be exposed to ballet lessons, performances, and other educational activities.

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